110 Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 7JB
LON/00AH/LSC/2023/0404 · service charges · Croydon · decided 22 Apr 2024
The tribunal found the £204 fire alarm testing charge reasonable but only £102 payable for now, with the balance due once an invoice is provided, and ordered that no electricity on-account payments were due and that the landlord's costs of the proceedings cannot be passed to the leaseholders.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Cyntra Properties Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Wildheart Residential Management Limited |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, other, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | other, utilities |
| Total demanded | £204 |
| Total found payable | £102 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
comprised of three flat
- freeholder
Respondent : Cyntra Properties Limited
- agent
represented by its managing agents Wildheart Residential Management Limited
- years
service charge years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024
- outcome
the amount of £204 included in the 2022/2023 service charge accounts in respect of fire alarm testing is reasonable but only £102 is payable
- items reduced
The tribunal determines that no on account payment in respect of common parts electricity should be charged to the Applicants in the 2023/2024 service charge year
- total demanded
The amount in dispute in relation to fire alarm testing amounts to £204
- total payable
only £102 is payable
- s20c
the tribunal determines that it is just and equitable in the circumstances for an order to be made under section 20C of the 1985 Act
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